Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-12-11
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President l -vrland's annual message
20 Congress Is published, Lut although
comparatively a sh 1rt docaiu,nt il is
two Lengthy for u colamns. The mes
sage IS principally devoted to discus
sion OF the financial question, the opsu-
ing paragraph Sriuy rs follows:
.'You are confronted at the threshold
OF your legisl alive duties with IA eoDAi-
ton of the national insncas which i'm
perativ.ly demands immediate aud care
full consideration. The amount of
none annually received. through the
operation Of present laws. from the in
du>tries and necessities Of the people
largely exceeds the suin necessary 70
NEE. the expenses of the government.
When we consider that the theory OF
our institutions guarantees TO every cit
iLen the full endowment OF the fruits of
his Industry and enterprise. with only
such deductions rs may he his share
towards the careful AID economical
maintenance of the government which
protects him, il is plain that the exac-
ton Of more than this is indetensible
and Il culpable betrayal OF fairness aud
Justice. and is a WRONG inflicted upon
those 'who bear the burden of national
taxation, which, like other wrongs,
muitiplies "A brood OF evil consequences
The public treasury, which should only
o1is: AS "a conduit conveying the peo-
pies tribute to its Legitimate objects of
expenditure, becomes u boarding place
for money needlessly withdrawn from
trade and the peoples use, thus Grip
plinS our national energies, retardiug
u country's development, preventing
investment i'll productive enterprises.
threatening financial disturbance, and
inviting schemes Of public p~luuder."
Alter reviewing the financial aspect Of
the Government, showing the constant
increase of the surplus revenue and
pointing ont sone objectionable p-opo-
sitions for its reduction, the President
says:
~ have deemed it my duty thus to
bring to the knowledge Of my country.
men, Us well as 10 the attention OF their
representatives, the responsibility u
! gi,lative relief for the gravity of tie
financial situation. The failure Of Con
gress heretofore to provide against the
dangers which, it Is quite evident. the
very nature OF the difficulty must ueces.
surily produce. caused financial distress
aud apprehension since their last all.
%urnIncnt, which taxed 20 the utmost all
the anthoritysani expedients within the
executive control; and these appear
now to be exhausted. II dis tster re-
sul.S from the continued inaciiOu Of
G rngress, the responsibility must rest
where 1t b longs. Though the si.n.-
tinu thus far considered j, frauSht with
dang which shout he folly realized.
and though it presents features Of wrong
% the people ms we'll as to the country.
1t is but a result growing out Of a per
fectiy palpabie uud apparent cause con,
stInlly reproducing the same al lrmiDg
circumstanceS-a congested national
treasury. and a depleted monetary con-
ditson of tie business Of the country ="
The President proposes rs a measure
OF relief from the unnecessary and rap
idly increasing surplus, "A revision of
the tariff Laws. On this subject lie
says:
1T needs hardly to be stated
that Will the present situation
demands u remedy We cnn ouly
b. saved from n predicamcut
III the futu5c by the removal Of the
cause. Our SchcrHa OF taxation, by
means of which the needless suIplGs is
taken from the people aud put into the
public treasury, consists Of Il taEn or
iuty levied upon impOrtutions from
abroad. and internal revenue taxes levi
ed upOn the consumption OF tobacco aud
spirituous liquors. IL. must be coEsid-
cred that none OF these taxes relating
to things subjected TO internal rev.
1nlo taxation are. strictly speak
in, necessary. and there appears
10 be no just cause for complaint
by Of The articles. and
there seems TO be nothing SO well able
to bear the burden without hardship to
any portion OF the people. Blu: our
present tariff aws-th- various ircqui
tail; md Illegal sources Of unnecessary
taxation, ought t. be at once revised
and amended These laws, il their
primary and llliIr effect, raise the price
20 of al articles Imported
md subjected to duty, by precisely the
sum paid for such duties Thus the
amount Of the duty measures the tax
paid by those who Purohass for use
these Imported articles.
Under our present llws more than
four thousand articles nre subject 70 du.
~. Many OF these do MT in any way
compete with Onr own manufactures,
and many ARE hardly worth attention NJ
subjects Of revenue 4 Considerable re-
d Iction eau be made in the aggregate by
adding them to the free list. The taxa
iion Of Injuries presents no features of
hardship. but th" nccrsSaTios OF life used
aud consumed by all the people, the
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